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No one becomes an officer wanting to use excessive force to detain or apprehend people.

But in the course of doing their jobs, officers often have to make split-second decisions — decisions that will protect the public, to prevent a suspect from evading justice or even to protect themselves.

Decisions that are sometimes replayed and evaluated long after the initial incident has taken place.

Join us May 4th, with webinar presenter, Jeff Fox, to review considerations on use of force options in performing law enforcement functions.

We will also discuss:

Extralegal consideration in appropriate selection of use of force.

Ways to help protect officers while engaged in patrol duties.

Define deadly force and identifying circumstances where use of deadly force is justified.

Define non-deadly force and identify circumstances where use of non-deadly force is justified.

and officer deadly and non-deadly use of force options.

Presenters:

Dr. Jeff Fox served for twenty-seven years in the field of criminal justice, twenty-one of which were with the Virginia State Police. He began his law enforcement career as a military policeman in the Army and served as a town police officer, trooper, sergeant, first sergeant, and lieutenant. He served as a field lieutenant with the state police and served as the assistant training director. He also served as the statewide incident management program manager for the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Jeff earned a master’s degree in criminal justice administration and an MBA degree with specialization in criminal justice. He earned a PhD in business administration with specialization in homeland security. He is a graduate of the Southern Police Institute Administrative Officers Course and the Virginia Commonwealth Management Institute. Jeff completed the Virginia State Police Academy, a Regional Criminal Justice Academy, and Military Police School.

Jeff has been teaching at various colleges and universities since 2001. He retired as the program coordinator and assistant professor for the Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and Criminal Justice Cohort Programs for Virginia Commonwealth University. Jeff served as an assistant professor and chair of the Public Safety Adult Degree Completion Programs for a private college in Virginia. Jeff’s full-time job now is as public safety trainer/educator/consultant for his company called Fox – Public Safety Training, Educating, and Consulting.

Jeff spent 20 years instructing at various criminal justice academies in a variety of criminal justice, leadership, ethics, and instructor development courses. Jeff has taught hundreds of academically based criminal justice and homeland security/emergency preparedness classes. Jeff has spent over 22,000 hours instructing. He has received over 167 commendations during his career in public service. These commendations range from criminal and traffic enforcement, educational efforts, community service, crime prevention, and traffic safety to lifesaving attempts.